Starion wrote:
Bill Hunt from TheDigitalBits.com says:
oddly, however, nowhere on either of these two discs will you find trailers for The Lion King
He also says that the film is presented in letterboxed 1.85:1 aspect ratio. Disney says that aspect ratio is 1.66:1. I'm confused.
Film Rating (both versions): A
Disc Ratings (Video/Extras): A/C+
Audio Ratings (Original/Enhanced): B+/A
Read his review at:
http://www.thedigitalbits.com/reviews3/lionking.html
Uh, yeah - Jack already posted the Digital Bits review, Starion.
And he already informed us that the trailers are indeed nowhere to be found. You
are a bit repost-happy with net articles, aren't you?
And the thing with the 1.66 vs 1.85 is explained on Luke's own
FAQ page. "Anamorphically-enhanced DVDs that present films in the 1.66:1 widescreen ratio actually encode the film within the 16x9 frame. So there are actually tiny black bars on the sides of the image, in addition to top and bottom. You probably don't see the side bars if you're watching on a standard TV with overscan. Television sets' overscan, in general, loses a small percentage of the edges of the picture, to compensate for tiny shrinkage in the picture over time. With 1.66:1 anamorphic widescreen DVDs, not only are you seeing the entire animated frame, you're not missing anything to overscan but the tiny black bars on the side. (Playback on a PC monitor, which generally are set to have zero overscan, you will see the entire image, side bars and all.)"
There's also some sample graphics on the page itself. ^_^
Jack wrote:
Not to say what grade they actually deserve, but its very possible the review skipped over a lot of material in the Continents menus of the disc due to the confusing organization. There is some extra materiel that is a bit more in-depth than the basic journeys - like early concepts, storyboards, art design, etc. These were touched on in the UK review.
Nope, Bill covered the concept art too, Jack. Quotage -
But as a fan of the animated film The Lion King, all I wanted to learn about was the making of the animated film The Lion King. While you get some of that here, particularly in a plethora of production and character design galleries, you don't get nearly enough.
*sigh* This
really is turning out to be a crappy dvd. What a waste of potential.
My favorite feature on the disc though - even over the new "Circle of Life" music video, is this -
We're also given new interviews with a number of Disney studio executives, talking about the phenomenon that The Lion King became, but frankly I just don't care much what Michael Eisner has to say. No offense, Michael.
.... so, you don't have any real in-depth interviews with the filmmakers, musicians, or voice actors... yet there's room to include the valuable comments of the suits?
Is this the case, cause who needs a stupid story book when you have the movie!?!? I thought it was like an Art of The Lion King kinda book, or had backround on the movie... was I right or is this merely just a story book? 
